Back From Boston

Well I’m back from my trip, and I’m happy to say it was very relaxing. It was a fun trip, the drive down went quickly and the hotel was very nice for the price we paid.

I went with my fiance and several others. The first night in town we went to see the Celtics play. It was a great game and we met up with some other friends before so it was great to visit and watch the game as well. On the second day we went to Harvard in the morning, where I got to visit Urban Outfitters and see the campus.

Unfortunately, there was a snow storm on the way. Now, as eastern Canadians, we didn’t think much of it, until we heard that the T was closing early, and a driving ban was going to be enforced. So we headed back to walking distance of our hotel and settled in to watch the snow come down.

And down it came! It was a lot of snow, and the city basically shut down for two days. I didn’t mind this because as disappointing as it was, it was nice to go on vacation and actually have a chance to relax in the hotel room for a change. Usually I’m spending the whole day walking and the whole night in some restaurant or another, and I end up my vacation more tired than when I left!

The day before we were supposed to leave, everything was still shut down, but at least the snow had stopped. We decided to take a walk through the city to see if anything was open, and visit the commons. The driving ban was still in effect so the streets belonged to those on foot. It was a very unique way to see the city, since for the most part, it was deserted.

Initially when I heard about the storm, I was a bit apprehensive about how it would affect our ability to stay on budget for this trip. I’d been saving since December and didn’t have a whole lot of cash to spare. I knew that we wouldn’t have as many dining options open to us, and we were forced to eat at some expensive places for lack of a better option.

In fact, we ended up coming in $20 under budget, which I’m very happy about. Check out some pictures of my trip below:

Thanks Guest Posters

While I was gone, I was lucky enough to have some guest posters keep this blog alive for me. Those people, and the ones who guest posted while I was away in Dallas, generous wrote posts for me, so I didn’t have to worry about blogging while on vacation. Thanks so much to the following people for this:

Welcome back. Bf and I both lived in Boston (at separate times before we knew each other). It was one of my favorite cities to live in. Hope you’re able to visit again sometime when you can make it around the city a little more.

Glad you guys were still able to enjoy yourselves! I’m excited to go back in July we just reserved out Sox tickets yesterday! While you were gone I became Prime Minister abolishing all student debts in Canada 🙂

I kind of like when cities shut down like that. It makes them so quiet and peaceful. The same thing used to happen when I lived in Seattle, of course it only took one inch of snow for them to shut down the city. It’s true.